Fiction and Fantasy

Thoughts and excerpts from the mind of Jeannette Jonic

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Update : Updated formatting to current blog standards. First off, sorry for the delay in updates! Adult things got in the way of my posting for a couple days, so I’ll try to make it up to you this week! Now, you may or may not know this, but I’m a perfectionist. I’m also super […]

February 9, 2016
Falling Into Plot Holes

Update 9/6/23: Updated formatting to current blog standards. Plot holes. It’s what I’m encountering the most right now during the planning process of The Victor’s Blade, and let me tell you, they are a killer. For me as the writer and you as the reader. Sure, parodies like YouTube channels How It Should Have Ended […]

February 3, 2016
An Interview with Jaranin

All right. Let’s start out with the easy questions. What is your full name? Jaranin Riel. Or, well, actually, Jaranin Thoranan. Sorry. The new last name sure takes some getting used to! (Laughs) Do you have a nickname, pseudonym, or alternate identity? Oh, well maybe I should’ve saved the “Thoranan” bit for this question? I […]

February 1, 2016
Excerpt – TVB: “Isalaina”

This scene is getting a facelift! For a revised and up-to-date version of this excerpt, check back April 19th! Or just read on, you rebel, you. Update: New version is now live! Check it out here. His whole form seemed to solidify on the spot. He swallowed hard and tried to avert his gaze. He […]

January 29, 2016
Origins of The Victor’s Blade – Part 4 of 4

The Victor’s Blade has undergone more birthing pains, I think, than any other book in the history of authorship. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong (en garde. I love reading stories about other writers’ misery so I can commiserate). I was well-along in The Victor’s Blade. Jaranin had left his hometown of Sinoa. He’d […]

January 27, 2016
Origins of The Victor’s Blade – Part 3 of 4

I could no longer keep the title “The Golden Sword.” I was devastated (as only a pre-teen can be) at the news. Of all things to shatter my slowly-progressing story’s development, it had to be a LEGO set. A LEGO set! I’d been a purveyor and purchaser of LEGO bricks for years. My first set […]

January 25, 2016

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